The Long Song
TV-142018•1h 0m•6.7/10
Drama
Ratings
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6.7/10(22)
Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.
Production
Heyday Films
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
December 18, 2018
Last Aired
December 20, 2018
Networks
BBC One
Created By
Andrea Levy
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2018-12-18
Born a slave, July is taken from her mother to a plantation house and forced to work for the odious Caroline. But she slowly learns how to handle her new mistress.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2018-12-19
Caroline and July compete for Robert's attention. Robert announces he is marrying Caroline, but on the wedding night he goes to July's bed.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2018-12-20
Angry and frustrated by the workers' refusal to work to his orders, Robert takes violent revenge, hoping to scare them into working - to the shock and horror of July.
Cast
Tamara Lawrance
July
Hayley Atwell
Caroline Mortimer
Jack Lowden
Robert
Leo Bill
John Howarth
Doña Croll
July
Lenny Henry
Godfrey
Ethan Hazzard
Elias
Gordon Brown
Tam Dewar
Luis Bryan Mesa
Byron
Marie Michelle Brazile
Patience
Kara-Leah Fernandes
July
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
Kitty
Richard Pepple
Dublin Hilton
Joy Richardson
Miss Rose
Jordan Bolger
Nimrod
David Verrey
George Sadler
Lizzie Hopley
Evelyn Sadler
Harry Gostelow
Charles Wyndham
Madeleine Mantock
Miss Clara
Ayesha Antoine
Molly
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